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Yesterday, I took the bus and train back up to Albuquerque, then drove over to the Uptown area to complete some AVID training for the Albuquerque Public Schools. I don’t know my APS schedule yet, but I should in the next few days.

After training, I did a little grocery shopping and posted a few jobs on JobSeeker.

In the evening, we drove to Los Alamos and watched a presentation on fractals. They had all sorts of neat patterns, hosted in the planetarium. The science museum and the planetarium were quite neat. They had a few desert reptiles, insects, and so on in aquariums, as well as all sorts of local information about the wildlife in the southwest.

Yesterday was a busy day. I started out the day by attending the remaining 8 hours of AVID training. I hung out with the teachers during our breaks and had a good time overall. I think there’s a few things I can bring back to the classroom.

After that, I hung out with a few folks at a Wendy’s for a while after the training.

I came home soon after and went to bed. I had several cats to keep me company.

Yesterday, I started the day by teaching three sections of algebra at Magdalena. We covered more with radicals, exponents and imaginary numbers. I think it went well.

After that, I went back to NMT to work on a few things in the Unit Operations lab. I built a box to cover the relay that was exposed, so that is now safer. I also started working on a broken pump, and I’m hoping that replacing the gasket will be enough.

In the evening, I rode up to Albuquerque with one of the other tutors, as we had a training session to attend. It was a statewide AVID event, so we ad a good time.

I also walked three miles to pick up my truck, as it was a nice night.